Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

million project to upgrade its wet mill ethanol plant in Pekin, Illinois, by replacing 70-year-old coal boiler technology with two newly installed Indeck high-pressure natural gas boilers. The boiler installation is part of the more than $30-million investment Aventine is making to restore its two plants in Pekin.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Information from the Upstream Dashboard can be used with other data or models to build an emissions inventory of various feedstocks as part of a comprehensive lifecycle analysis of the fuels. To use the tool, a user first selects the energy source to be analyzed and the desired reporting units.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. The company also announced plans to reduce usage another 25% on a per-vehicle basis by 2016.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He reported that he felt as though a part of him had come back thanks to the prosthesis. The Ability Hand is also water-resistant, Akhtar says. The program allows students to earn both an M.D. and a Ph.D.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

million to engineer a low-cost, low-weight battery and to redesign vehicle frames so the battery becomes an integral part of a vehicle’s support structure. The University of Houston (UH) will develop a battery using a novel water-based, lithium-ion chemistry that makes use of sustainable, low-cost, high-energy, organic materials.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Rivian will provide vehicles to TNC sites in California, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Florida as part of the collaboration. We're excited to collaborate with @nature_org to help protect our land and water. Rivian will help The Nature Conservancy explore opportunities to further electrify the non-profit’s fleet in the 5.7

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JUNE 28, 2023

That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. But during her time as a freshman at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, the aerospace industry went through a period of mass layoffs. Then you are part of a community.”

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $24 million in funding for 10 projects as part of a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program: Modeling-Enhanced Innovations Trailblazing Nuclear Energy Reinvigoration ( MEITNER ).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2012

The spokes and other founder members are the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since 2000, the BP Institute for Multiphase Flow has formed an important part of the relationship and in 2010 BP funded the new McKenzie Chair in Earth Sciences.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

During pretreatment, acid, water, and heat work to remove non-cellulosic biomass from plant material. In total, the simulation tracked nine cellulose fibers, 468 lignin molecules, and 54 enzyme molecules in a rectangular water box. Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The shop features T-shirts, sweatshirts, and caps with Normal, Illinois printed on them, almost like one of the souvenirs tourists buy during trips to new and fun places. The modular kitchen also comes with a 4-gallon water tank. There are also some T-shirts and caps that simply feature Rivian’s logo. Credit: Rivian).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

Early this year, CRI acquired exclusive global sublicensing rights for the IH 2 technology from Illinois-based Gas Technology Institute (GTI) where the technology was developed. CRI Catalyst Company is part of CRI/Criterion Inc., Earlier post.) the global catalyst technology company of the Shell Group.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2009

TJ Lambrecht, headquartered in Joliet, Illinois, is one of the most recognized heavy, civil, and earthmoving contractors in the country, with one of the largest and most current fleets of Caterpillar equipment. Caterpillar Inc. Earlier post.) Doug Oberhelman, Caterpillar Group President (Vice Chairman effective 1 January 2010).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

More than two dozen scientists from the University of California at Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will participate in the investigations. This includes water and rock geochemistry and hydrocarbon composition and will chart the geologic thermal burial history of each sample.

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Cars That Think

MAY 13, 2022

The Foundation’s support is made possible, in part, by the gifts from its generous donors. As part of the original pioneering index fund team at Wells Fargo Advisors , she introduced and managed the first international index fund. The IEEE Heritage Circle recognizes individual donors’ philanthropic spirit. institutional investor.

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EV Adoption

MAY 25, 2021

And the reality is that the grid in many parts of the country will get greener at a faster rate than the EV sales share. And of those states, only two states — the aforementioned Colorado — and Illinois have more than 30% of their electricity from coal. Just don’t leave out the part about how few EVs that actually is in the US.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2010

spreader to perform a “dash roll” of a pre-production Chevrolet Volt, as part of a demonstration at the 2010 Fire-Rescue Conference. GM recommends that a Volt battery fire be fought with water rather that dry chemicals, and rates the Volt battery as having no explosion or electrocution hazard as the result of a collision.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The 43 winning proposals were submitted by transit agencies from across the country as part of a nationwide competition for the $100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds. Illinois Department of Transportation on behalf of seven transit agencies, Illinois: $4,030,000.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Both models feature a pair of 162 kilowatt AC three-phase motors on one axle and a pair of 163 kilowatt motors on the other in what is described as a part-time four-wheel drive system. The company also claims it can ford through three feet of water and will go from 0-60 mph in about three seconds.

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Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

As a result, more than 200 public chargers will be installed at IKEA retail sites in 18 states, including Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. Watering the Sustainability Dream.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

This project will develop and demonstrate an advanced drivers-side front door architecture comprised of lightweight materials, functionally integrated component parts, innovative mechanisms and door seal systems. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Vehma International of America. TPI Composites. PPG Industries.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Enable Reliable Non-Destructive Characterization of Additively Manufactured Parts using X-ray CT, $756,689. BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois). BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2013

A policy analysis by two University of Illinois researchers argues that Congress should minimally modify, not repeal, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). But this does not justify throwing out the baby with the bath water. The Energy Biosciences Institute, supported in part by BP, funded the study. Kesan and Timothy A.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Professor George Miley of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and director of its Fusion Studies Lab, reported on progress toward a “cold fusion battery”—a small power unit that uses a low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) (i.e., The process is created by purposely creating defects in the metal electrode of the cell.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

Slide the track-mounted Camp Kitchen from the Gear Tunnel’s door, and start cookin’, with a two-burner convection cooktop, a sink with a five-gallon water tank and spray faucet, and a 30-piece cookware set from Snow Peak. It’s a pricey option at $5,000, but may prove a gotta-have for hardy campers and beer-swilling tailgaters alike.

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F-150 Hummer GMC Miles 101

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

Researchers will develop systems for tagging CO 2 with carbon-14 at atmospheric level (1 part per trillion) and measuring the carbon-14 CO 2 levels. PEM is commercializing a carbon-14 field-ready analyzer with a sensitivity of approximately 1 part per million of fossil fuel-produced CO 2 in ambient air. PEM), Cambridge, Mass.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is pursuing as part of a drive to ease the military’s deployment of all-electric supply vehicles by 2030 and of EV tactical vehicles by 2050. There is only so much salt you can dissolve in a glass of water. What is collected is the most valuable part of the battery,” he says.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2020

A hydrogen economy is gaining global attention as part of a technology-based approach for reducing global carbon emissions. The Coal FIRST Initiative recognizes the importance of hydrogen production from coal, biomass, and waste plastics. Even a partial move toward a hydrogen economy will require vast quantities of hydrogen at low cost.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Design, build, test, commission, and operate a utility-scale 20 MW flywheel energy storage frequency regulation plant in Chicago, Illinois, and provide frequency regulation services to the grid operator, the PJM Interconnection. Beacon Power 20MW Flywheel Frequency Regulation Plant.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Think about slowly pouring a small amount of fine powder onto the surface of water. In fact, point-contact transistors remained in production until 1966 , in part due to their superior speed compared with the alternatives. The powder eventually sinks, but first it spreads out in a rough circle. Now we connect the collector.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 15, 2023

We lost our rudder.and we’re taking on water fast.” which is located at the end of a peninsula, and boarded a lobster boat, motoring out into water so shockingly cold it can induce lethal hypothermia in as little as 30 minutes. On camera, the man claimed he’d taken part in the violence and had firebombed a drugstore.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2010

Based on these results, the research team suggests that the potential exists for intrinsic bioremediation of the oil plume in the deep-water column without substantial oxygen drawdown. The extreme depths in the water column and the magnitude of this event posed a great many questions.

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Oil Mexico Water Carbon 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Ray Ming, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Understanding how plants respond and adapt to drought stress at the molecular level will help in developing plants that can grow under water-limiting conditions. DOE-BER funded project. Pyramiding Genes and Alleles for Improving Energy Cane Biomass Yield. DOE-BER funded project.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2015

The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $55 million in funding for 18 innovative projects as part of ARPA-E’s two newest programs: Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable Agriculture (TERRA) and GENerators for Small Electrical and Thermal Systems (GENSETS).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

The Cray XC30 supercomputer is made possible in part by Cray’s participation in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) High Productivity Computing Systems program. —Earl Joseph, IDC program vice president for HPC.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2009

This new material would potentially allow the fuel cells to run with dirty hydrocarbon fuels without the need to clean them and supply water. The development of this material suggests that we could have a much less expensive solid oxide fuel cell, and that it could be more compact, which would increase the range of potential applications.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

In July, the DOE announced that ARPA-E had received approximately 3,500 submissions for the approximately $150 million available as part of the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000065) released 27 April 2009. Water (1 project). Affordable Energy from Water and Sunlight. Earlier post.) Renewable Power (4 projects).

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